Educational Videos

Educational videos about the issue of food waste and positive actions that can be taken to reduce food waste.

This video briefly explains the issue of food waste and why we all need to work together to reduce it. This is a good video introduction to share with staff. (2.13mins)

This WWF video provides a more in-depth discussion about why food waste is an issue and potential solutions for food waste reduction.

Although it is focused on school cafeterias, the information is generally relevant to other food service operations. (6.00mins)

In this video, the environmental, social and economic impacts are presented and how food waste can be reduced in the workplace and at home are discussed. (11.45mins)

In this video, the staff at Anglican Care aged care facility and their production units talk about how they cut down food wastage, over 6 weeks. By implementing a simple audit and breaking down their processes, they were able to measure how much food was being sent to landfill versus what had been sent out from their units. Implementing the findings with simple strategies helped them halve their food wastage.

This is a ‘solutions-focused’ video that presents staff experiences as they worked through a food waste audit and practice changes that are similar to those being introduced by sites participating in the food waste reduction programme (4.10mins)

Restaurant staff discuss food waste, how to conduct a food waste audit and the value of knowing what food is wasted.

Michelan star chef, Adam Handling discusses the importance of preventing food waste in his restaurants, how he guides his team to use up whole foods and utilise by-products to help create delicious dishes (like broccoli stalk Ceaser salad and mini-donuts bread and butter pudding).